Aug 20, 2018 | News & Stories
When the YWAM Medical and Training Ship, MV YWAM PNG, sailed into the waters near Ben Sunga’s workplace, the Papua New Guinean dentist was eager to come aboard for its outreach in Finschhafen District, Morobe Province. Sunga has worked as a dentist for 41 years, but...
Aug 15, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
You. Oh hi! I have a question. What’s your passion? 1…2…3, go! I want to know! I’m a firm believer that your passions breathe a purpose, I believe that life and creativity has been given to you for specific tasks, and a specific vision. You were made for...
Aug 15, 2018 | News & Stories
It was excellent to be able to return to Kikori District with an eye surgical outreach in April. Local health provider, Gulf Christian Services (operator of Kapuna and Kikori Hospitals) mobilised patients from a wide area to access the service. Furthermore, the...
Aug 14, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
I stepped outside of the faded weatherboard classroom, past the line of children waiting for immunisations and check-ups, and gazed over the neat rows of ferns and orchids across to the grassy airstrip nearby. The village of Bungawat sat on the edge of a grand valley,...
Aug 14, 2018 | News & Stories
The MV YWAM PNG has the privilege of collaborating with Braun Memorial Hospital in Finschhafen District, Morobe Province for the first few weeks of August. The 120-bed hospital serves patients from two districts, as well as hosts a community health worker (CHW)...
Aug 12, 2018 | News & Stories
The YWAM Training and Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, and her team of volunteers have begun their next deployment, and four individuals are particularly proud to be leading the charge. Victoria Butuna, Henao Iduhu, Edwin Naea, and Ken Kavora are leading four teams aboard...
Jul 27, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
The reason I took a gap year is because I didn’t know what I wanted to study in university and I was sick and tired of sitting in classrooms all day. I was the kind of person that occasionally skipped class and I had to really lock down and focus towards the end of my...
Jul 25, 2018 | News & Stories
In response to the recently confirmed polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea, the YWAM Training and Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, will begin her next deployment with a large vaccine drive in collaboration with Morobe Provincial Government Health authorities. YWAM Medical...
Jul 23, 2018 | News & Stories
Lankhorst Euronete Australia and Bridco have teamed up to get the YWAM Training and Medical Ship, MV YWAM PNG, ship-shape for her next deployment to Papua New Guinea (PNG) by donating mooring ropes, stainless steel lifting-hooks and shackles, and lifting straps. The...
Jul 18, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
Growing up here in Australia, and it seems in many other parts of the world too, there are very set expectations of what you’re supposed to do when you finish school. The way most people see it, there are 3 options. You go to university, you get a job, or you take a...
Jul 3, 2018 | News & Stories
Woolworths stores across Townsville are helping to get the YWAM Medical Ship ship-shape for her return to Papua New Guinea by collecting toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap for remote communities in Papua New Guinea. The collection is sponsored by 1300SMILES....
Jun 28, 2018 | News & Stories
People hear about YWAM’s work in Papua New Guinea through a wide range of ways, and this week, hearing about it on a game show was added to the list. YWAM Medical Ships volunteer from 2016, Joanna Vinicombe, made the most of her moment of fame on Australian...
Jun 20, 2018 | News & Stories
The YWAM Medical Ships Townsville City Campus was a hub of vibrant activity bright and early on Friday morning for YWAM’s annual fundraiser, “Breakfast by the Sea”. Over 700 people came together to celebrate Townsville’s important relationship with Papua New Guinea...
Jun 13, 2018 | News & Stories
YWAM Medical Ships is delighted to announce that their Patron for Australia, Honourable Mike Reynolds, has been recognised by the Queen in Papua New Guinea’s 2018 Queens Birthday Honours List. Mr Reynolds has been awarded with a Commander of the Most Excellent Order...
May 30, 2018 | News & Stories
It’s been home to students from James Cook University, doctors from Townsville Hospital, and hundreds of other volunteers from around the world over the last eight months. Today, after delivering over 347,000 services in remote communities in PNG in the collaboration...
